ANR Meeting Format

The two little arrows at the top of this window give you a drop down list, click Meeting Room One and it will take you into our meeting.

( Begin Meeting)

My Name is Annette, I am an Alcoholic serving as your Chairperson today. This is an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous, everyone is welcome to attend.

Friends please read the following guidelines:

*No profanity is allowed or tolerated

*Anything personal such as phone numbers, email addresses & other web site information should be shared in "Private Chat".

(starting the meeting)

Would all who care to, please join me in opening with a "moment of silence" for those who are still sick and suffering, both in and out of this room, followed by the Serenity Prayer. Let's take that moment now......

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Thy will not mine be done.

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions.

A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes.

Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

Is there anyone here today within their first 30 days of sobriety or is anyone celebrating an birthday? If so please introduce yourself with your first name and the nature of your disease.

Welcome friends to another 24 hours of Sobriety! :clap:

Chapter 5 How it Works

Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to this simple program, usually men and women who are constitutionally incapable of being honest with themselves. There are such unfortunates. They are not at fault; they seem to have been born that way.

They are naturally incapable of grasping and developing a manner of living which demands rigorous honesty. Their chances are less than average. There are those too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest. Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.

If you have decided you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it- then you are ready to take certain steps. At some of these we balked. We thought we could find an easier softer way. But we could not. With all the earnestness at our command, we beg of you to be fearless and thorough from the very start.

Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely.

Remember that we deal with alcohol- cunning, baffling, powerful! Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power- that one is God. May you find Him now! Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.

Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

4. Made a fearless and thorough moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being, the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people, wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

Many of us exclaimed, "What an order I can't go through with it." Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress.

We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection. Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas:

(a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives.
(b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism.
(c) That God could and would if He were sought

May I please have a suggestion for a topic, I'll take the first two....

Our topics today are

* To share Type an "!" to raise your hand. The chair will call on you.

* Begin with your first name & nature of your disease * type "done" when you are finished.

* Please no cross talking - One icon or one word during a share.

Our meeting is now open for sharing friends, who would like to start us off?

(closing)

Friends, we've reached the end of the hour, before we close, does anyone have a burning desire to share?

For all those who care to join us we would like to end this meeting with the Lords prayer

Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.

Thank you for letting me be of service and Thank you all very much for joining us here!

Remember as always, in any AA meeting,....What you hear here, stays here!

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Service work is a way to give back what you've been freely given! Chairing meetings is a form of service work. You can sign up and help keep our meetings going. If you would like to volunteer, please see myself or one of the other moderators. Thank you!